Thoughts on a Kurdish Wedding

Well, even though we live in Turkey, you may know that where we live a lot of people are ethnically Kurdish. We won't go into more details here, but I'm sure you can find out more about who they are on-line!

There's probably nowhere else they show more of their culture than at a wedding. We had the honor of attending a friend's wedding this weekend. Here are some observations...

- Tea is important... they had a little tea hut set-up outside just for the occasion.
- Except maybe at a track meet I've never heard so many blanks shot from a gun.
- Shooting fireworks off the roof doesn't seem safe.
- The party goes on all night... the wedding started on Saturday night with dancing, but when we left at 11:30pm the bride hadn't even gotten there yet. She was with her family doing henna.
- Although we're not close friends with the groom (and haven't even met the bride), we were honored guests... we had a following of small kids all night!

Some guys doing their traditional dances (kinda like line dancing)

When all the ladies come out to surround the groom with candles & fireworks are shot off the roof.